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With 160 color photographs that invite the reader to step over the threshold, Historic Houses of Philadelphia brings the region's most impressive museum homes to life. The only comprehensive readers' tour of the nation's richest array of historic residences open to the public, the book is complete with maps, touring information, and historical notes on fifty distinctive homes.

Entries on each home begin by listing name, date of construction, architect, and location, followed by a description placing the house in its architectural, historical, social, and cultural context....

"A journey through backwoods, pioneer central, and southern Florida . . . and a sensitive portrayal of the people who distinguish the area today."--Vicki Silver, senior planner, Palm Beach County

From the foreword:
"In this book, you will discover cowboys, fish camps, tourist campgrounds, sugarcane workers, and miles of dikes that hold back the waters of Lake Okeechobee. . . . Jim Janosky has used his camera lens to capture the toughness, the sensitivity, and the diversity of life around the lake."--Susan Duncan, historian

In 115 black-and-white photographs, Jim Janosky...

"Greatly enriches our knowledge of Spanish Florida. . . . Describes the sixteenth-century Native American and European occupants of St. Augustine, the circumstances which brought them together, and the city, fortifications, and houses in which they dwelt. Nothing else like this has been written. . . . Enlarges substantially upon the cultural meaning of people, place, and hearth."--Eugene Lyon, director, Center for Historic Research, Flagler College, St. Augustine

" The] first and only comprehensive historical and anthropological synthesis of America s first European colony . . . and...

About Nine Florida Stories by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

"Written as entertainment for a mass market . . . crammed with colorful characters, vivid incidents and palpable atmosphere. . . . A reminder of a Florida gone by or fast disappearing."--Orlando Sentinel

"Reflects the same concerns found in her better-known non-fiction work--a fascination with the beauty of Florida and a warning against its imminent destruction."--Tallahassee Democrat

In the pantheon of Florida writers, Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998) is cherished as the grande dame....

"Dr. Bense and her colleagues are resurrecting a lost community, the colonial predecessor of modern Pensacola, from the long-neglected archaeological remnants and archival documents of Spanish and British colonists."--Gregory A. Waselkov, University of South Alabama

"The wonderful rich history of Pensacola and West Florida has been kept under wraps much too long. Five outstanding historians and archaeologists present a vivid record of the life and times of Colonial Pensacola and its environs. It is a great history both for the professional and the general reader."--Samuel Proctor,...

"The Tropic of Cracker will . . . end the debate once and for all, of whether the term Cracker is derogatory or a source of great pride. Al Burt has a masterpiece here."--Sandra Bogan, Florida Audubon Society

From the preface:
"The Tropic of Cracker survives in myth, memory, and love of natural Florida. It exists more in the mind than in geography, more in the memory than in the sight, more in attitude than in the encounter. . . . This book tells you about one man s vision of a state struggling to remain true to itself. It mixes new essays with a span of earlier ones...

"In the book's impressionistic and personal moments, Rieff succeeds in capturing the mood of the city. He is pleasantly open to the place he is exploring and generally maintains a stance of naivete--the mark of a good travel writer."--New York Times Book Review

"A clear, insightful book of firsthand impressions of Florida's once-heralded Magic City and what its flamboyant Latinization since the 1960s means. Rieff looks thoughtfully at Miami as America's New Havana, with a nod to the image fostered by TV's Miami Vice--an easygoing recital of his visits with some of Miami's most...

"A beautifully written informal account of the Tampa Bay region." Library Journal

"A colorful history of Tampa Bay, the Hillsborough River which flows into it, and the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg, together with their smaller satellite communities." Publishers Weekly
From its idyllic source in the Green Swamp, the Hillsborough River winds past columns of cypress and matted shrubs and opens into Tampa Bay, part of Florida s urbanized, publicized western Suncoast. The river is not a long one, but the size of its legend in contemporary America is...

"Illustrates the drive and dedication of a remarkable couple, Franz and Louise Scherr, and their children as they braved adversity during the depression and World War II to establish The World s Only Parrot Jungle. It is a beautiful story of the human spirit."--William P. VanderWyden III, University of Miami School of Law

"A lively, comprehensive account of a famed, one-of-a-kind tourist attraction."--Paul S. George, Miami-Dade Community College

This colorfully illustrated book tells the story of one of Florida s oldest and most popular tourist attractions. Built in 1936 in a...

"The best book ever written on Miami."--Tampa Tribune

"A breezy, friendly history of Greater Miami from its days as a trading post to the present era."--Publishers Weekly

Helen Muir s affectionate account of Miami first appeared in 1953 and has grown through several revisions into the definitive popular history of a remarkable city. Marjory Stoneman Douglas, writing for the Chicago Tribune, called the first edition "vigorous, colorful, dramatic, variously detailed, jam-packed with people, fast moving, a seething document. . . . Helen Muir threads her...

"An entertaining and informative look at the souvenirs, treasured by early tourists, that helped shape the image of Florida as an exotic paradise."--Kenneth Breslauer, author of Roadside Paradise: The Golden Age of Florida s Tourist Attractions and 50 Years of Stock Car Racing: A History of Collectibles and Memorabilia
"The first exploration of Florida s enormous legacy of souvenirs the material culture of tourism. Florida s sense of place is defined through the crafts and manufactured objects that present a template of tropical paradise and natural wonder."--Robert S....

"Myth, ritual, and sacrifice--the corrida investigated from within."--Michael Wigram, author of 6 Toros 6

"Brilliant, flowing prose makes the often unknown and misunderstood spectacle of bullfighting comprehensible, vibrant and even impassioned to a general readership. . . . With this tremendous and impressive investigative work, Josephs' contribution to the true cause of bullfighting will be far greater than even Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon."--Muriel Feiner, author of La Mujer en El Mundo del Toro

"A beautifully written book, dripping with the...

"Leah Mary Cox's work is a major discovery for anyone interested in Florida history. Hyman and Masucci have presented us with a magnificent gift by revealing her life and work in this book."--Wayne W. Wood, Jacksonville Historical Society

Through striking architectural photographs and lively, readable narrative, this pictorial account of early-twentieth-century Jacksonville tells the triumphant story of photographer Leah Mary Cox while revealing Jacksonville's architectural history.
Nearly 50 years after her death, a treasure trove of more than 4,000 glass negatives were...